Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-28
News Notes.

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fers Of real estate amounted to
$2l9, ,S29.
The Griftin-Br syndicate, yester-
day, sold thirteen acres of the Conk
lin estate for $4,000.
BY the burning of the hotel at Bar
stow the passengers by the Atlantic
and Pacific stop at Daggett for meals.
The Southern Pacific train due at
II 40 A. NJ. yesterday was delayed two
hours by the Central and Union Pa
citic overland.
The sixty-stamp mill at Calico being
erected by G. M. Sanger is nearly COM
pleted 1t will be turning out stream
of bullion next month.
Tie weather on the desert for the
past ten days has. been about 120 de-
grees in the shade, and has crippled
mining operations for time.
The Rozelle case is set for this
morning, before Judge Cheney, but
owing to the Bodkin tract it will pro-
badly go over until tomorrow.
The heirs of Charles Kohler have
brought suit to enioin the Electric
Railway Company from building its
road through, along or near the
Kohler tract.
Hancock, William and Joseph B.
Banning have brought suit for the par
tition of the large ranch near Newport,
belonging to the heirs of the late
General p. Banning.
The Calico mines sent out of that
district, by Wells, Fargo & Co., in
June, silver bullion valued at $53, ,462.
With free coinage of silver the amount
would have been doubled.
The new steam-wagons invented by
J. B. Osborne are being used on the
desert in hauling borax from Death
Valley to the railway, and are found
to he much cheaper than mule-teams.
The city Board of Equalization has
decided not to raise any of the as
sessments on the city property. AT
present a force OF clerks is engaged in
footing up the assessment rolls, and
expect to conclude this week.
Jose Pena was held to answer yes
terday by U. S. Commissioner Van
Dyke on charge of giving liquor to
Indians at Cotton, San Bernardino
county. He was held in 800 bail,
which he could not furnish and went
to the county Jail.
The Police Commissioners held a
short meeting yesterday afternoon,
and heard several applications for
licenses, and also commenced an in
vestigation into the circumstances
surrounding the fire in Chinatown.
Further examination was continued
until o'clock this afternoon.
Mr. Thomas w. Rule, whose acci-
dental drowning was mentioned in
the HERALD yesterday, was member
of the A. o. U. w. in good and reg.
ular standing. This will entitle his
family to $4,000. Nothing has been
heard of the particulars, and the body
has not been recovered.
J. S. Mackenzie wishes simply to
state that every allegation that Mr..
Montafio made in last evenings Er-
press is false. Mackenzie did his duty
as required from him by the grand
jury, and finding Mr.. MontailO to say
the least careless, so reported him.
The expert will probably have more to
say on this subject and it will not be
pleasant for Montana.
Mr.. L. J. F. wager, the Oldest white
man resident in Yuma, has decided to
remove to San Bernardino. Colonel
Yerger is typical Californian and his
aniable wife is the real controller oI
tine Yuma Indians. They seem to
have profound respect for her advice
and implicitly obey her every recon-
nendation. Her removal from Yuma
will be a misfortune to these people.
When the fire happened on Tuesday
morning at the corner of Palm ant
California streets, the neighbors hat
to step in to help out the fire depart
ment, because there was no hydran
within four blocks. The people in tn I
neighborhood have asked the Council
for hydrant several times, and thei
modest request should be granted a
once.
L. Adams and party of moniet
men have left on trip to Ensenada
Mexico, where they intend to make
large land purchases, provided thu
land comes up to their expectations
Mr.. Adams is the oldest real estat,
operator in Southern California, hav
been engaged in that vocation for Owe
twenty years. He is a shrewd anC
careful man.